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Methods not yet established

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These items are explicitly not established or calibrated by this publication. A working software implementation or a bounded number alone does not validate a scoring method.

Method or decision Current status Required before claiming established scoring
Media/text → VAD No universal estimator prescribed Named model/method, source scales and evaluation against an appropriate reference
Emotion words ↔ VAD No unique universal mapping Versioned lexicon, treatment of user language and evaluated label assignment
Primary/secondary/tertiary rank Roles defined; assignment procedure open Explicit user ranking or documented and evaluated inference policy
Context detection/entity resolution Evidence/provenance rules defined; model open Detection method, ambiguity handling and evaluation
Context influence strength Proposed [0,1] storage only Elicitation rubric or inference method, anchors and calibration; distinguish association from causal claims
Influence from linguistic qualifiers No numeric mapping established Evaluated rubric; preserve original wording
Influence from repeated patterns Association evidence only Declared method and evaluation; no causal claim from co-occurrence alone
Confidence Optional separate field Defined meaning and calibration before treating it as a probability
Context/memory/feeling similarity Three distinct comparisons defined; formulas open Versioned features, weights, normalization and evaluation
Cluster/cloud assignment Typical size and relationships defined; thresholds open Explicit manual grouping or documented, evaluated grouping procedure
Aggregate affect Unweighted mean proposed Declared population/role and evaluation appropriate to intended use
Sentiment and intensity Distinct from VAD and influence; scoring open Named scales, methods and comparison limits
Influence → display distance Monotonic convention defined; linear mapping proposed Shared profile bounds and usability validation; this does not validate the influence estimate
Emotion colors, particle sizes, spherical transforms Complete cross-client mappings not finalized Published versioned rendering profile and conformance checks

Until these items are resolved, implementations MUST label inferred or experimental outputs, identify methods and preserve unavailable values. This document establishes a representation standard, not diagnostic validity or a validated causal model.

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Chapter overviewScoring: what remains unestablished